"Oh so the crimes were true then." I doubt if we can say that was always true Cathy but many were based on fact and some were direct quotation from court records. Like the gutter press today, they were looking for the shock horror content and I doubt if they allowed facts to get in the way of a 'good story'.

Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!